An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire Embracing Its Geographical Fea
An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire Embracing Its Geographical Fea
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Nevskoi Pbospekt, St. Pktkbsbcbg. — fSecond View. ) ST. PETERSBURG — THE WINTER PALACE. 399 CHAPTER XIY.
ST. PETERSBURG — IMPERIAL PALACES, ETC.
NO modern city can boast that it is so entirely composed of palaces and colossal public edifices as St. Petersburg. In some of these several thousand persons reside — six thousand, for instance, are said to inhabit the Winter palace during the emperor's residence in the capital ; and the traveller, when he looks on this gigantic pile of building, will ...not fail to remember that it once fell a prey to the ravages of fire, at least the interior of it, and in a few hours the greedy flames destroyed much of those treasures and works of art which had, with extraordinary zeal, been collected during the prosperous reigns and magnificent courts of Elizabeth and Catherine II. , and the less gorgeous but more elegant ones of Alexander and Nicholas.
Kohl, speaking of the immense extent of this palace previous to its de- struction on the 29th of December, 1837, remarks that " the suites of apartments were perfect labyrinths, and that even the chief of the imperial household, who had filled that post for twelve years, Avas not perfectly acquainted witli all the nooks and corners of it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Nevskoi Pbospekt, St. Pktkbsbcbg. — fSecond View. ) ST. PETERSBURG — THE WINTER PALACE. 399 CHAPTER XIY.
ST. PETERSBURG — IMPERIAL PALACES, ETC.
NO modern city can boast that it is so entirely composed of palaces and colossal public edifices as St. Petersburg. In some of these several thousand persons reside — six thousand, for instance, are said to inhabit the Winter palace during the emperor's residence in the capital ; and the traveller, when he looks on this gigantic pile of building, will ...not fail to remember that it once fell a prey to the ravages of fire, at least the interior of it, and in a few hours the greedy flames destroyed much of those treasures and works of art which had, with extraordinary zeal, been collected during the prosperous reigns and magnificent courts of Elizabeth and Catherine II. , and the less gorgeous but more elegant ones of Alexander and Nicholas.
Kohl, speaking of the immense extent of this palace previous to its de- struction on the 29th of December, 1837, remarks that " the suites of apartments were perfect labyrinths, and that even the chief of the imperial household, who had filled that post for twelve years, Avas not perfectly acquainted witli all the nooks and corners of it.
What to read after An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire Embracing Its Geographical Fea?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert Sears to read onlineMoreLess
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